JPH03212062A - Receiving method for facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow a sender side to cope with an automatic answering telephone call without a sense of resistance to an unattended telephone set by requesting at minimum the transmission of a telephone number in the automatic answering telephone set and printing out the sent telephone number at a recording section of a facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:A facsimile equipment consists of a line 1, line control section 2, MODEM 3, DTMF detection section 4, voice reply section 5, ROM 6, RAM 7, character generator 8, original read section 9, recording section 10, operation section 11 and a main control section 12. In the case of the automatic answering telephone mode, a message is sent to a call from an opposite party and a signal sent from the opposite party is printed out succeedingly. A pushbutton may be used to send the telephone number as a signal sent from the opposite party based on the message. Thus, it is avoided that the opposite party feels a sense of resistance to make a call to an unattended telephone set and hooks on while uttering nothing and the function of the automatic answering telephone set is sufficiently enhanced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a receiving method in a facsimile, and particularly to a receiving method in a facsimile having an answering machine function.

(Prior art) Traditionally, facsimile machines have become popular, with a built-in telephone function for making calls, and facsimile machines that have an answering machine function and can record calls from the other party when the other party is not present. are doing.

This type of answering machine function is not limited to facsimile machines with telephones, but also general telephones, but when an answering machine receives an incoming call,
○. I'm out of town right now. An answering machine will take care of your requirements.

After the beep sound, please state your name, phone number, and requirements. After transmitting a message such as "" and a signal sound, it is normal to switch to recording mode and record the contents of the call from the other party on magnetic tape or RAM.

In response to this message, the person on the other end will have to talk to an unattended phone, and those who are uncomfortable with this will find it difficult to talk.
Sometimes the phone hangs up without a word being said, and the answering machine function is not fully utilized.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and uses the recording means of a facsimile machine to share a part of the function of an answering machine, thereby solving problems on the calling side. The purpose of this invention is to provide a reception method that can also contribute to eliminating the problem.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a facsimile reception method that, when set to answering machine mode, sends a message in response to a call from the other party, and then receives a signal sent from the other party. It is characterized in that it is printed out.

As a signal sent by the other party based on the message, a telephone number may be sent by pressing a button.

The telephone number may be sent by voice as a signal sent by the other party based on the message.

(Embodiment) FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining a facsimile apparatus applied to an embodiment of the facsimile transmission method of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a line, 2 is a line control unit, 3 is a modem, 4 is a DTMF detection unit, 5 is a voice response unit, 6 is a ROM that stores programs and fixed information, 7 is a RAM, 8 is a character generator, Reference numeral 9 denotes a document reading section, 10 a recording section, 11 an operation section, and 12 a main control section (CPU) in charge of overall control of these sections.

In this embodiment, following the response message, the other party's telephone number is sent by pressing the button on the other party's telephone. The dial tone from the button is detected by a DTMF detection section 4 on the receiving side, and the detected signal is converted into image data by a character generator 8.

An embodiment of the reception method when the apparatus shown in FIG. 2 is set to answering machine mode will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The flow starts with an incoming call. In Step 1, a response message is sent. The response message may be, for example, [Yes, this is ○○.

I'm out of town right now. If you need to contact us, please press the button for your phone number. ”, it can be just a phone number. Next, move on to 5tep2, set a timer (not shown), and move on to 5step3,
5 step 4 is looped to wait for reception of DTMF from the calling side. When a DTMF corresponding to a 1-digit number is received,
The process moves from 5tep3 to 5tep5, and the received number is stored in the RAM 7. Then, return to 5tep2, set the timer, and receive the next digit. When the phone number input is completed, the timer time-up is detected in 5tep4, so the loop is removed and the process is repeated in 5tep6.
Move to. In step 5, the telephone number stored in the RAM 7 is converted into image data using the character generator as described above, and the image data is printed out by the recording section 10.

At this time, the time may be extracted from a timer built into the facsimile machine, similarly converted to image data, and printed out along with the telephone number.

Note that 5steps 2 to 4 are configured to determine that transmission is continuing on the condition that the time between the button presses is within the set time of the timer, for example, about 2 degrees. The determination may be made on the condition that the total reception time of the telephone number is within a predetermined time, for example, about 10 seconds.

Alternatively, the phone number may be obtained by requesting a voice message via a message and pattern-recognizing the voice signal, instead of using a pushbutton.

By recognizing whether the message is DTMF or voice after the message, it is possible to recognize the telephone number sent either way.

Furthermore, following reception of the telephone number, a message may be sent urging the user to make a call, and the content of the call may be recorded. Alternatively, the content of the call may be recorded following the manual input of the telephone number using a button.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, an answering machine at least requests transmission of a telephone number, and prints out the transmitted telephone number in the recording section of a facsimile machine. This allows you to know who the call was made to while you are away, and on the sending side, you can use a pushbutton to communicate just the phone number, reducing the reluctance to make calls to unattended telephones. It also has the effect of being able to respond to answering machines.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment of the transmission method of the present invention in a facsimile, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration of a facsimile device applied to an embodiment of the transmission method of the present invention. It is a diagram. 1... Line, 2... Line control section, 3... Modem,
4... DTMF detection section, 5... Voice response section, 6...
・ROM, 7...RAM, 8. ... Character generator, 9... Original reading section, 10... Recording section,
11... Operation unit, 12... Main control unit (CPU).

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile receiving method characterized in that in answering machine mode, a message is sent in response to a call from the other party, and then a signal sent from the other party is printed out.